Tian is from Gui. After the Manchu Dynasty, it was sealed in Tian according to Records of the Historian, Tian Wanshijia, the Prime Minister's List in the New Tang Dynasty and Dialectics of Surnames in Ancient and Modern Times. Later generations took the land as their surname and called it Tian.

Tian's celebrity is Tian Dan, a native of Zibo, Shandong. He was a famous soldier in the Warring States period. Le Yi cut Qi, and Qi was in jeopardy. There are only two cities left. Tian Dan was resurrected after defeating Le Yi in the Tornado.

Population distribution of Tian surname

During the Song Dynasty, there were about 570,000 people surnamed Tian, accounting for 0.74% of the national population, ranking 27th. The largest province of Tian surname is Hunan, accounting for 16% of the total population of Tian surname in China. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Hunan, Hebei and Shandong, accounting for about 39% of the total population.

During the Ming Dynasty, there were about 320,000 people named Tian, accounting for 0.35% of the national population, and it was the 67th surname in the Ming Dynasty. In the past 600 years, the net population growth rate was 20%, and the population growth rate of Tian was negative. The distribution in China is mainly concentrated in Shanxi, Shandong and Hebei, and the Tian surname in these three provinces accounts for about 40% of the total population of Tian surname.

With a population of nearly 5.2 million, Tian is the 46th surname in China, accounting for 0.4 1% of the national population. In the 600 years since the Ming Dynasty, the population of Tian surname has increased from 320,000 to 5.2 million, an increase of more than 16 times. The population growth rate of Tian surname is higher than that of the whole country. Since the Song Dynasty, Tian's population has shown a V-shaped distribution.